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Grupo de Estudos em Fonologia: Zsiga, E. (2013) The Sounds of Languages: An Introduction To Phonetics and Phonology
Grupo de Estudos em Fonologia: Zsiga, E. (2013) The Sounds of Languages: An Introduction To Phonetics and Phonology
In a number of languages, distributional facts suggest that the mora, rather
than the syllable, is the tone-bearing unit. Hausa, for example, contrasts high,
low, and falling tones. Tmac he falling tone, however, can occur only on
heavy syllables. (p. 402)